Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 28, 2014

  The game looks simple, and that's because it is. Some may find it's options limited, but what it does, it does well. The AI does a lot of the work, you have no direct control over your blocky minions. Rest assured the AI does it's job pretty well, I rarely got annoyed by the AI doing things inefficiently. If you're looking for a challenge you can up the difficulty by going for the harder modes or attempting some of the more difficult achivements. All of a sudden efficient placement of your tetrislike rooms becomes a lot more crucial! In short, definitely recommended for anyone who is into this kind of strategy/management games. If you're looking for a game with a lot of different options or want control over your "troops", then Rymdkapsel might be too niche for you.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 4, 2014

  I really want to recommend this; it's got a neat 'space minimalism' theme going for it, the tetris-RTS gameplay is kind of its own thing, and it is really fun ... for the first playthrough or two. Unfortunately, this is the sort of strategy game where the first time you play, you realize all your mistakes five minutes after you make them. The second time, you realize what's pretty much an optimal strategy for the game. From there, all you can do is tweak that strategy a little bit. Also, there's a pretty obvious and easy way to futz the tetris-block-placement part of the gameplay and once you start doing that, the game is more about how OCD you want to be with the building placement than anything else. Fun for a couple of hours, but then the overall fun-to-work ratio gets much worse. A pity, because like I said, there are some legitimately neat things about this game.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2014

  I have to admit that given the minimalist look and mobile app origins of Rymdkapsel I didn't expect very much from this game. However it was critically acclaimed and so I gave it a shot having picked it up at the new lower price from the Steam sale. Boy was it worth it. Several hours in I find myself enjoying this very simple RTS strategy game with elements of resource management, building carefully and wavelike tower defense enemies. The game is simple to start and get into but before you know it an hour has passed and you are looking for more. There is a reason this game is lauded, it is addicting and fun. I reccomend you try it and see for yourself.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 29, 2014

  simple and compelling but... The Ai is dumb and frustrating, and every game plays out in much the same way, also the pc control options suck
• gamedeal user

  Nov 17, 2014

  Wow. This was a nice little surprise. It's a little game with simple goals and it doesn't stress player too much. My first game took 71 minutes and I got to 26th wave. Its a nice combination of different games, little bit resource management, tetris and tower defense and then ofcourse little bit their own design and style.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 29, 2015

  It has been quite a while since I experienced time loss playing a game, but rymdkapsel did it for me. I got so into the game I played for 3+ hours without realizing. I thought maybe 40 minutes had gone by. It did a couple things right for me personally to achieve that: enjoyable base building and management of units, despite the minimal approach + short, challenging, make it or break it runs to achieve various goals. The first level/difficulty of the game was a blast, easy enough to keep playing though challenging enough you will die, reassess your strategy, and start over a few times. Next level/difficulty is more challenging (I haven't gotten all the achievements yet) but similar. Build, manage, gather and grow resources, power ups, fight enemies, die, reassess strategy, try again. It's quite fun and sucks you in! All of that works really well and I'd recommend it. The downside is that it's a small, short game. Once you beat those two levels/difficulties and their set of achievements you're done with the game. Personally I'd love to have seen several more levels and maps and more enemy variety. Maybe a couple more game mechanics. Also, a zen mode, super easy mode, or a huuuuuge map that you could really put some time and effort into a base instead of the many shorter bursts. Just any game mode that you could play an extended game on. But none of that really took away from the fun. Get it on sale if you want, it's fun and worth playing for a bit if you're into RTS games.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 3, 2015

  What you've got here is Dungeon Keeper with minimalist neon graphics, and achievement hunting instead of a campaign. There are only two levels (which are nearly identical), and if you unlock the four core achievements for a level, you get that level's ending. I'm a big Dungeon Keeper fan and I enjoy achievement hunting, so I really liked Rymdkapsel.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2018

  An OK looking game with a lack of everything. it's like Settlers but bare to bones. There are just 7 builings, 3 resources... that's all. Your goal is to take control of 4 monuments and survive for 28 waves. You have minions. They can collect resources, construct, defend and take control of monument. You start in the middle of the map and need to use Tetris blocks to build your "base", gathering resources and defending against enemies sometimes. The battle part is very nothing. You place blue block and put minion there. They attack incoming enemies. No diversity at all. The game is getting boring very fast. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1414568083 [h1]Resume[/h1] An minimalistic game at all. Can't recommend it for its price.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 22, 2018

  I will be honest, I liked the game. Despite liking it I still found it lacking. I expected a bit more to it. Though, I guess that was foolish of me. I won't say not to get it but I will say don't expect too much. So... enjoy your purchase or not purchase I guess.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2019

  Played for a couple hours, and I am going to reservedly recommend this game. The game is simple, with gratifying gameplay. It starts out with a chillaxed, city-building game, but then becomes a high-pressure tower-defense game. As far as I can tell, the whole game is trying to complete the first level of gameplay: collect the visible resources and defend against the red-dot attackers until you finish the research objectives. With each wave of attackers coming in only after a few minutes, it became frustrating to see the minions not taking the optimal path to their objective. Why walk to the other end of the map, when there is an open defense position next to you? Why bring the resource to the half build room, when there is one that is almost finished? The gameplay requires switching minion jobs from building to defense and then back again, but it does not allow micromanagement to optimize their work. The game runs smoothly, it has a very listenable ambient soundtrack, it has a decent mouse-only control scheme, and the tutorial does a nice job introducing the gameplay. However, the game is not very deep: it lacks any storyline, audio or graphical florishes, or any further levels past the first one. You might get this on sale during a discount, and it is probably worth your time exploring the game. I paid two dollars, and that seems like a bargain to me. I played rymkapsel on ubuntu linux, with radeon mesa graphic drivers. The game ran without any technical issues. The game takes up 77 MBs of diskspace, and it uses a java runtime engine.